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The DNA base composition of a flagellar mutant ofComamonas terrigena ATCC 8461

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The lophotrichous flagellatedComamonas terrigena, ATCC 8461, spontaneously produces a peritrichous flagellate mutant which is physiologically like the parent. The DNA base composition of the parent and mutant were the same with 64% GC.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Stritch School of Medicine and Graduate School, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois

    E. Leifson & M. Mandel

  2. the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

    E. Leifson & M. Mandel

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Leifson, E., Mandel, M. The DNA base composition of a flagellar mutant ofComamonas terrigena ATCC 8461. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 32, 57–59 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02097445

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